May 1, 2013. 6:31pm.
“@TheOnlyPresto: Real simple pre-game analysis for the B’s/Leafs: If the Bruins can’t drop the hammer tonight, abandon all postseason dreams.”
And put the hammer down the Boston Bruins did in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, heeding one scribe’s advice in an authoritative, 4-1 victory on Wednesday night.
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Coming into this game tonight the Caps had not won a game against a Canadian team this season so far. In the first ten games played this season (which includes the one played tonight) half of the Caps opponents have been Canadian teams. Washington failed to break this winless streak by losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.
The man that stuck the dagger into the Capitals chest the hardest in th...

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will take place in Pittsburgh this coming Friday. It may be touted as the worst draft in the past decade, but that won’t stop ProSportsBlogging.com from putting together a 2012 mock draft.
This mock draft will feature Corey Krakower (CK) of ProSportsBlogging.com and Fred Poulin (FP) of TheHockeyWriters.com. They will go back and forth acting as the General Managers fo...

At the start of every offseason, there are typically disappointed fans from 29 teams that are mentally thinking about trades their team can make and players their team can sign that can make them a Stanley Cup contender. What is often forgotten is that the most effective way to improve an NHL team instantly is to typically by promoting top prospects that are already part of the organization. Th...

The Bruins were desperate for a win going into Tuesday night. They had lost two one goal games over the weekend and were looking to rebound. The Bruins came up big against the divisional rival leafs with 2 goals from Tyler Seguin, 2 goals from Jordan Caron, and another goal by Chris Kelly. However, Tim Thomas gave up four goals which made the Bruins sweat it out right towards the end. I think t...

With less than 2 weeks to go until the NHL trade deadline (February 27); it was starting to seem like the lead up to the day itself was going to be a bust. That was until late last night and early this morning when reports started to surface that the Columbus Blue Jackets are open to the possibility of trading Rick Nash. Renaud Lavoie of RDS, Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch and Bob McK...

Brady Hoke, the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team, offered a great quote recently on the subject of gauging your club’s prospects by looking at rival teams when he told Dan Patrick, “If we’ve got to talk negatives about other schools, we don’t have enough positives to talk about with what we have.”
That seems to be the general mentality of team coaches and executives...

There has been some talk lately after the recent Ottawa Senators game vs the Montreal Canadians, that Senators fans are not as loyal as they seem. It’s also been said that they don’t attend Montreal or Toronto games on purpose, leaving the building filled with Habs and Leaf fans when these teams come play in Ottawa.
When the Habs and Leafs travel to Ottawa, these games sell out in a hurry. ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs arrive at the July 1 opening of the free agency period in an all-too-familiar position: as a team looking to be active, but with precious few appealing free agent options and even fewer coveted trade assets.
GM Brian Burke has already demonstrated through his draft day acquisition of John-Michael Liles that he is firmly set in a win-now mentality. But, as the Leafs have ...

With the ninth overall pick, Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced the club has drafted 6’4’’ defenseman Dougie Hamilton with in the first round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Hamilton, a 6’4”, 193-pound defenseman has spent the past two seasons playing with the Niagara IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In 2010-2011 Hamilton tallied 12 goals and 46 assists...

It sure seems like the NHL draft is the new trade deadline!
2 blockbuster deals were completed that rocked the hockey world today; one of which was Jeff Carter being dealt to Columbus; while the other seeing top prospect Brayden Schenn and rising star Wayne Simmonds traded from LA to Philadelphia in exchange for Mike Richards. While those are monster deals, the most plugged in hockey insiders a...